Regarding 刘秉纯's 「适可而止」 artilce, here is my perspective and feedback to his 3 points
(1a) 刘秉纯said '不少父母的理想就是「望子成龙」. It's essentially true for all parents and not just the Chinese Parent. In fact, it's the cornerstone of the education act "to support their children in achieving learning success and participate in decisions that affect their children".
(1b) 刘秉纯said '这些父母都认为只有将书读好,子女才有前途,才有机会飞黄腾达,出人头地,「书呆子」这个名词就扣上了。' It may be true for 刘秉纯 or my generation which is 50+ or may be student visa or perhaps some new immigrant who still carries the study habit from home countries -- Asian countries tended to be more competitives in general and so does student. 书呆子 or nerd is happening in all ethnics group as standard deviation. By and large, it's not happening to children growing up in Canada. Ontario Public School are essentially teaching one grade lower than European school such as Paris or Ontario private school. Parent oftens worry kids has too less homework, too slack at school, whether they are ready for next level of life -- think about less than 30 minutes home work or no home work from Grade 1 thru 6; think about many Grade 12 honor student going to University First Year to experience failure. We have other kind of worry as a parent.
(2) 刘秉纯said '作者没有深入报导华人子弟成为书呆子的原因。其中原因之一,就是身为少数族裔成员,与主流社区的沟通受到主客观条件的局限,能让自己更加认识主流, 唯一途径是勤力读书,让自己将来有更多机会融入主流。 '. The problem has to do with the author has not done research and now it became our integration problem. This is totally taken out of proportion. We can take this opportunity to showcase who we are but it is not a integration issue. If I don't understand a culture, I would find out before I write the article. I wonder what is 刘秉纯 thinking ?
(3a) Maclean’s 杂志需要道歉吗 ? The article is not only sterotyping but also a misrepresentation. Apology is deem necessary. 道歉是應該的和必須的
(3b) 刘秉纯said我认为华人社区除了要捍卫我们的尊严,亦不妨反省一下。舆论压力也许可以令人暂时低头,但不能让人改变观感 ... 主流社区对我们的偏见就难以改变。. We can take this opportunity to show case to Canadian what Chinese Community is about, what Chinese student is alll about.
We can expand civic awareness, deepen civic engagement, flourish political participation but the apology still have to be demanded.
I can not let people step on my toe knowing that there is more to come (i.e Maclean is not doing this the first time) but keep myself quiet to hope for acceptance. 刘秉纯 said we can earn the respect or acceptance 尊重和认同 by letting Maclean go but I don't see how we can earn the "respect" that way knowing Maclean has a pattern not to mention this is part and partial an effort of certain journalist to help reorientate the country to be more west.
We need to encourage responsible journalism following the code of conduct as stated by journalist association such as Canadain Press amongst other.
We also need to encourage Canadian student to be more competitive both locally and internationally -- work hard play hard rather than play hard then work hard later.
Once again -- Apology is deem necessary. 道歉是應該的和必須的. Harmony and Intergration can follow as exit strategy.
华人社区热议大学亚裔化?应适可而止